Summer Butte Bucks are Back!
Mark your calendars! The first run of Butte Bucks, in the amount of $25,000 will go on sale Tuesday, June 1st and will be valid during the month of June only!
$100 in Butte Bucks (for $80 cash or check- a 20% discount!) per person, per day.
In early May, we'll be sending out sign-up sheets for businesses wishing to accept Butte Bucks.
Questions? Contact the Chamber,
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On the 2nd Tuesday of every month, we'll be hosting an informal discussion hour!
We want to hear what you think about the Chamber- the good, the bad and the ugly!
Our next Chamber Chat will be Tuesday, May 11th from 5-6 p.m. at Maxwells. |
May After Hours
Thursday, May 20th at Big Al's Bicycle Heaven and their NEW SHOP at 207 Elk Avenue!
(Please note this is a revised location) As always, After Hours offers great business networking opportunities over food and refreshments. |
2010 Chamber Calendar of Events
5.6 Professional Development Series- Gunnison Valley Leadership Program at the Mallardi Cabaret Theater, 8-9 am.
5.11 Chamber Chat at Maxwells, 5-6 pm.
5.20 After Hours at Big Al's Bicycle Heaven, 5-7 pm.
5.27 Summer Tourism Forecast at the Mallardi Cabaret Theater. 8-10 a.m.
5.28-31 Memorial Day Sidewalk Sales
6.8 Chamber Chat at Maxwells, 5-6 pm.
6.10 After Hours at Django's Restaurant & Wine Bar, 5-7 pm.
6.11-6.18 Crested Butte Restaurant Week
6.22-27 Fat Tire Bike Week
7.4 Fourth of July Parade & Fireworks
7.13 Chamber Chat at Maxwells, 5-6 pm.
7.22 After Hours at Red Mountain Logworks, 5-7 pm.
8.10 Chamber Chat at Maxwells, 5-6 pm.
8.19 After Hours at Resource Engineering Group, 5-7 pm.
9.3-6 Labor Day Sidewalk Sales
9.11-12 Fall Festival of Beers and Chili Cook-off
9.14 Chamber Chat at Maxwells, 5-6 pm.
9.16 After Hours at the Mountain Store, 5-7 pm.
10.12 Chamber Chat at Maxwells, 5-6 pm.
10.21 After Hours at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, 5-7 pm.
11.9 Chamber Chat at Maxwells, 5-6 pm.
11.11 After Hours at Peak Sports, 5-7 pm.
11.26-12.3 Buy Local Week
12.? Chamber 30th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Membership Meeting. Date, Time & Location TBA. |
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601 Elk Avenue
PO Box 1288
Crested Butte, CO 81224
T: 970.349-6438
F: 970.349-1023
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In an effort to boost the local economy in a slower month and liven up the month of June, The Crested Butte/Mt. Crested Butte Chamber of Commerce, The Gunnison-Crested Butte Tourism Association and The Crested Butte News are pleased to announce the First Annual Crested Butte Restaurant Week!
The dates for Crested Butte Restaurant Week are Friday, June 11th-Friday, June 18th.
All participating restaurants in Crested Butte Restaurant Week will offer a multi-course dinner for the price of $88.85 (Crested Butte's elevation!) for a party of four (or $22.21 per person) not including tax and gratuity. Participants will offer several courses, some may offer several choices, and some may offer wine or other drinks included in the fixed price. Restaurants will also offer their regular, a la carte menu. Dining establishments that do not offer dinner, will offer a multi-course lunch deal for $8.85. Participating lodging companies will be offering deals for $88.85 per bedroom, per night.
A list of participants, menus and event information will be onlineat www.crestedbutterestaurantweek.com and will be consistently updated with new information! We'll be sending new information via eBlast as well!
Please contact Kristen at the Chamber with questions, 349-6438.
Partcipants so far include: 9380 Prime, django's restaurant and wine bar, Donita's Cantina, Gas Café, Ginger Café, The Last Steep Bar & Grill, Le Bosquet, Maxwells, Timberline Restaurant and The Woodstone Grille! More to come!
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Chamber Professional Development Seminar - Gunnison Valley Leadership Program
Explore the possibilities of enhancing your own skills and developing your employees' leadership capacity through participation in a well recognized leadership program. This Chamber Professional Development Seminar features representatives from the Gunnison Valley Leadership Program including facilitators Gail A. Digate, Mark Ewing, Pam Montgomery, Steering Committee member Tammy Scott (Gunnison Country Chamber of Commerce) as well as past program participants.
The Gunnison Valley Leadership Program is an experience-based, hands-on course that begins with a two-day (Friday/Saturday) retreat in September and convenes one day each month from October - May. Through seminars, field trips, and focused conversations with local leaders from business, education, government and nonprofit agencies, participants expand their knowledge and skills while building confidence as leaders. The goal of the program is to give promising leaders an opportunity to contribute more effectively to their respective organizations and communities.
Details about participation in the 2010-2011 program will be available.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Mallardi Cabaret Theater
Space is limited; Please RSVP by May 4 (5:00 p.m.)
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The Official Visitor's Map of the Crested Butte/ Mt. Crested Butte Chamber
In response to a growing demand for a Chamber Map and specific requests for Visitor information, we've partnered with Crested Butte Publishing! The map circulation is 20,000 and is distributed valley-wide and as the primary distribution piece at the Visitors Centers.
All Chamber members and their contact information will be listed on the map in the Membership Directory! It's a free benefit of Chamber membership!
Advertising opportunities are available. To advertise please contact Chris Hanna at crested butte publishing, 349-7511. Space is limited, rates start at $330, ad deadline is may 7th.
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 Calling all Green Businesses! The Office for Resource Efficiency is partnering Think Local First to bring the new Green Business Directory to the Gunnison Valley.
The Directory is intended to highlight businesses that incorporate a focus on the local economy, and sustainability or energy efficiency in their business practices or products offered.
Listing in the Directory is free! If your business fits this description, please send a brief description (25 words or less) about why your business is "green", along with contact information, to ORE. Please contact ORE at 970-349-9673 or directory@resourceefficiency.org for details.
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Advancing Yourself and Your Business
 Thinking differently about your time and talent can lead to new insights and strategies to enhance your productivity at work and, more importantly, create new meaning in your life! Join Marilyn Laverty in this interactive workshop that explores ways to play to your strengths (instead of focusing solely on your weaknesses), gain clarity about what you love to do versus what you have to do, and examine strategies to allocate your time and use your talent more creatively and effectively. In addition, learn more about how the Small Business Development Center at Western State College can help you advance yourself and your business!
The Women's Leadership Group of the Gunnison Valley, Western State College Office of Extended Studies, and Colorado Small Business Development Center at WSC are co-sponsoring the first quarterly workshop following the 4th Annual Women Who Light Up the Community Conference 2010 held February 6. The workshop will be held on Tuesday, May 11 from 4:30 - 7:00 PM at the Almont Resort. The cost is $10.00 per person and includes workshop registration, materials, and refreshments. Registration now is available online at www.western.edu/extendedstudies
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Member Events & Annoucements
Tonight!Dan DeGeorge will be playing acoustical classics friday april 23 at 8pm at Almont Resort. Food and drink specials, local discount cabins!
Electric work on Elk Ave. Gunnison County Electric Association will be working on Elk Avenue for the next several weeks to replace the electric circuit that services the street lights. The work will consist of placing conduit by means of trenching and boring under the landscaped section between the sidewalk and curb on Elk Avenue between 1st street and 6th Street. The work may result in some disruption to lighting and pedestrian movement on the street. An attempt has been made to schedule this at a less busy time of the year to minimize the inconvenience. The Town and GCEA appreciate everyone's cooperation.
YOGA FOR THE PEACEFUL HAS MANY SPECIALS FOR SPRING SEASON!
Classes are very intimate right now, so come get some special attention with our great classes and teachers! $199 UNLIMITED SPRING PASS Good til June 6!
$25 for a week of unlimited Yoga for locals new to Y4P!!! BECOME A FAN OF Y4P ON FACEBOOK AND GET A FREE CLASS!!! www.yogaforthepeaceful.org
"I love my website, you should get one too!" REFER-A-FRIEND PROGRAM. If you are a current Thin Air website customer, you already know how easy it is to manage your internet presence using CompleteSite, our Content Management System. Now you have a chance to get a little "payback" for being a loyal customer! If you refer a potential customer and they become a new website client at Thin Air, you will get 3 MONTHS SERVICE FEES for FREE!! That is a savings of $150 or more! Make sure when your friend, co-worker, or business neighbor calls they tell us you made the recommendation! Call us at 349-0577!
The Pottery Place is running amazing deals this off season! Since we will only be open on weekends from 11am to 5pm, we are running AMAZING specials on our paint-your-own-pottery stock. Stop in on the weekends of April 24 and 25 or May 1 and 2 and paint a kids' box (horse, heart, and more) and receive 20% off. AND when it comes out of the kiln, your box will be filled with candy! Do you want to paint another time? NO PROBLEM! Call 349-2799 or 596-5497 to make an appointment, and at NO charge, we will open our doors to you! Stay tuned for more off season specials or check our website at www.crestedbuttestudio.com. Why Cook?! is open throughout the spring and that Le Bosquet will open Friday, May 7 (watch for specials!) The Mountain Store will be open all off-season starting Monday, April 26th. Store hours will be 10-6 everyday and we will be offering a local's discount for the month of May. MILKY WAY is open Wednesdays thru Saturdays, 12:00 - 6:00 p.m. Stop by for "Draw a Discount" and our Spring Sale! 349-2107 April is the Sign Guys & Gal! Thaw Out Sale! All aluminum signs (site signs, real estate signs or parking/directional signs) are 20% off. Don't forget to get custom numbers or graphics on your boat as the lake will be thawing out soon!
Hire Local First! Become a member of the Building + Design Council. Our mission is to serve as a professional council to promote the use and hire of local architects, contractors, designers, painters, and suppliers in the Upper East River and Gunnison Valley. Become a Fan on
Facebook or e-mail building.design.council@gmail.com
for more information on what's coming up!
The Crested Butte Farmers Market is launching a new Eat Local Guide to Crested Butte. The full-color, glossy magazine will focus on sustainable agriculture and local foods with feature articles, farm, ranch and restaurant profiles. To be included in the guide please or for more information call the Crested Butte Farmers Market at 970.901.0711 or by email at
info@cbfarmersmarket.org.
CHILDREN'S CLASS- MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH at Arrangements Catering and Events. Your little chef will make a Family Portrait of Bagels, Ham Veggie Egg Strata, and a Mixed Berry Tart for Mom to enjoy on Mother's Day morning. The entire family will have their brunch prepared by the family's personal chef.
$25.00 per child. Friday, May 7th only 4-5:30pm www.arrangementsandevents.com, 349-0956.
Crested Butte CPC Solutions (formerly Crested Butte Printing) has moved!They are now at 122 Elk. Behind Ryce Asian Bistro on Coal Creek.
Mountain Colors Paint & Design is offering a free light bulb consultation and discounts on light bulbs for all businesses. A consultant will stop by your business to determine the wattage and type of light bulb needed in every fixture. Case orders receive 30% off and individual bulbs are always 20% off. This visit also includes a free light bulb energy audit - we will help you select the right energy efficient bulb based on your budget and your fixture. These efficient bulbs will last 10 times longer or more than normal incandescent and halogen bulbs. That means less time on a ladder changing light bulbs and you can save a ton of money over the life of the bulbs. Check out www.mountaincolorsincb.com for more info or to make an appointment.
The Crested Butte Mountain Theatre is proud to announce the 2010 Summer Musical, Guys and Dolls! The first 100 purchasers of two full-price $25 tickets will receive one FREE admission to any play performed in the Mallardi Cabaret Theatre during 2010. Call Elizabeth at (970) 349-0366 or email her at mttheatre@crestedbutte.net for further information, or to make your reservation now.
Alpine Orthopaedics is open 7 days a week and 24/7 for urgent care! Urgent care phone number is 970-596-4786.
10 Cent Tuesday! Gas Cafe has local discount on Tuesday for 10 cents off per gallon of gas on any cash or check purchase.
Save the Date:
5. 14-15 and 20-22 Crested Butte School of Dance spring performances. www.dancecrestedbutte.org
7.2 Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum's Black & White Ball
7.22-25 Crested Butte Land Trust Wine & Food Festival.
Do you want your event or announcement included in an eBlast? Email me! |
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